1 census tracts · pop 1,553 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.7/10
· range 4.7–4.7
Fountain Park maps to a single census tract in St. Louis, MO and houses 1,553 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.7/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 30%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
22.9% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2/10.
Cost burden runs 35% against 28.2% citywide, putting Fountain Park 6.9% over its own city. SNAP participation is 29.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Court records for this tract carry 850 eviction filings. Average gross rent is $845, 15% below the St. Louis average of $997.
The worst year on record was 2007, when filings touched 16.3% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 8.9% in 2017, is well off that peak.
That places it #34 of 69 neighborhoods in St. Louis. For a like-for-like read, Near North Riverfront and Vandeventer score within a fraction of it.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.7/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Fountain Park vs St. LouisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority92%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport85%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Fountain Park
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
850Total filings (sum)
11.36%Avg annual filing rate
16.3%Peak year (2007)
8.94%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
261Total filings 2020-21
3.4Avg monthly observed
4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.82×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon, OR).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fountain Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
28.6%Housing insecurity
22.9%Utility shutoff threat
31.8%Food insecurity
29.4%SNAP enrollment
10.8%No health insurance
41.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fountain Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fountain Park?
Fountain Park scores 4.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Fountain Park compare to St. Louis overall?
Fountain Park scores 0.5 points higher than St. Louis overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $845 vs $997.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fountain Park?
Average gross rent in Fountain Park is $845/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fountain Park residents are renters?
64% of Fountain Park households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in St. Louis). The neighborhood has 1,553 residents.
Q5
Is Fountain Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Fountain Park sits in the 96th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Fountain Park for landlords?
Fountain Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.7/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to St. Louis as a whole (4.2/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Fountain Park?
Fountain Park has 1,689 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (89.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (7.8%), Other / Multiracial (2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
